Making PHEVs count

T&E welcomes the European Commission’s latest draft on the update of PHEV utility factors (UFs), which are the currently overly optimistic assumptions on the share of electric kilometers driven by PHEVs. These assumptions result in the unrealistically low official ratings of PHEV CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption.

The proposal is an improvement of the previous draft published in February which failed to tackle the high gap in real world CO₂ emissions/fuel consumption until the late 2020’s/2030. However, while improved, the proposal results in a continuing gap of 25g/km between real-world and official CO₂ emissions until 2027. For the climate and for the EU’s energy security it is imperative that the gap is closed as quickly as possible.

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